upriver
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posted on December 4, 2006 02:28:34 PM new
Here's one:
<< Mail always takes one day longer to arrive than an impatient bidder's Question to Seller. >>
What are yours?
Have some fun...
[ edited by upriver on Dec 4, 2006 02:29 PM ]
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blueyes29
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posted on December 4, 2006 04:12:45 PM new
"It's not valuable just because it's old"
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aintrichyet
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posted on December 4, 2006 05:20:26 PM new
"... but I saw one just like mine on Antiques Roadshow!"
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irked
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posted on December 4, 2006 05:35:29 PM new
never mind was thinking something else.
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 Check it out
[ edited by irked on Dec 5, 2006 12:07 AM ]
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pixiamom
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posted on December 4, 2006 05:53:31 PM new
Throw your price book out the window. An eBay auction item is worth what two people are willing to pay for it.
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Magneticattractions
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posted on December 5, 2006 09:48:00 PM new
the 20th of the same item listed on eBay..except people will want to bid on this one..it's "rare".
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neatstuffusa
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posted on December 6, 2006 07:01:34 AM new
Items identical to mine sell for higher prices with a one line description and a dark, blurry picture.
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jtomp
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posted on December 6, 2006 02:13:16 PM new
The more picky and detailed the question that the possible bidder asks (such as - on page 48 is the margin 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch on line 27 and is the ink dark dark black or just dark black?) the less likely they are to bid.
JT
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on December 6, 2006 02:15:57 PM new
If anyone makes an offer for an item you have on auction, you will do MUCH better by letting the auction run.
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neatstuffusa
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posted on December 6, 2006 02:26:30 PM new
"If anyone makes an offer for an item you have on auction, you will do MUCH better by letting the auction run."
Let me work on that one...
If anyone makes an offer for an item you have on auction and you accept it, they'll list and sell the item for twice what you sold it to them for. If you don't accept, you're item will sell for $10 less than the offer.
[ edited by neatstuffusa on Dec 6, 2006 02:26 PM ]
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on December 6, 2006 02:30:58 PM new
The stuff you think will do well, doesn't ... The stuff that you think is crap, sells well.
Diane
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TheFamilyBiz
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posted on December 6, 2006 02:45:28 PM new
To build on Diane's maxim....
UGLY Sells.
UGLIER Sells for $10 more.
UGLIEST will interest a museum.
This pretty much can apply to eBay as well as anything else... clothes, artifacts, people...
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on December 7, 2006 04:35:19 AM new
Neatstuffusa,
Untrue. A year ago I tracked 38 consecutive offers (I accepted no offers during the period). Of those, 2 wound up selling for less than the offers, for a total of $55. 36 sold for more than the offers, for a total of $11,513 (there were some pricey items included).
New Maxim: If someone makes anything other than a bizarrely high offer for an item, refuse it. If they make a bizarrely high offer, do more research.
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upriver
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posted on December 14, 2006 09:27:16 AM new
ANY pricing value reference, whether a collectibles book, listings on sites like Abebooks or Amazon, or previous eBay auction results, will ultimately only apply to auctions for the same item other than yours, which will inevitably get a substancially lower bid. This is known as the drive-the-seller-completely-insane maxim.
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upriver
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posted on December 14, 2006 09:29:25 AM new
Oh, yeah: The item you threw out in the trash last week sold for $8,245.99 on eBay today.
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neglus
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posted on December 14, 2006 09:43:11 AM new
One I've seen on Store Board:
ebay : "..if it ain't broken, we'll enhance 'til it is"
ebay: "We're not happy until you're not happy"
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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